Look here
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:4543635795457381524::NO::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID,F4950_P8_CRITERIA:5033906925164,
Ryan Gaffuri wrote:
> Stage Table has 17 million records with Delete_column = 'Y';
>
> MAster has 27 million records.
>
> so I need to
> delete from master
> where master.pk = stage.pk
> and stage.pk = 'Y';
>
> i tried writing a 'create table as' with a 'not exists' and was
> running for 8 hours. killed it. didnt even go to 'killed' status which
> means the DML hadnt even started it.
>
> I tried doing the following: but cant get the outer join right. Is
> that faster than a minus?
>
> any ideas?
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Ron Reidy
Oracle DBA
Received on Wed Sep 17 2003 - 21:29:03 CDT
